I thought Al's looked like he's in some of the best shape of his entire career!

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"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered." - Thomas Jefferson

That bitch Maddow is making me critique Al. It must be her lezzy sneakers.

You meant Madcow.

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered." - Thomas Jefferson

But Al appears to have better rebounding and ability to get to the line.
Sap has apaprently worked on the 3 ballFavors appears to have worked on his O game.

He had one possession where he got the ball in the low right post and immediately made a move before his man was ready. Most of the time the 2 young guys seem to want to bump or size up first, I don't think that's going to be Favor's strength. So, good sign for Derrick.

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He had one possession where he got the ball in the low right post and immediately made a move before his man was ready. Most of the time the 2 young guys seem to want to bump or size up first, I don't think that's going to be Favor's strength. So, good sign for Derrick.

I have seen several signs, from Favors and Kanter, on the O side of the ball that are encouraging. They both have several new moves that they didn't even attempt to use last year.

kanter has shown a pump fake once or twice that deserves some respect aswell.. also, enes and favors are both rather athletic. if we keep them i think in a year or two they will really help us keep up with the derection the nba seems to be going. its no longer good enough to just be a big and just take up space.

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I thought Al was a good, but, not great rebounder last year. My biggest gripe with him was how many rebounds he got his hands on then dropped out of bounds. Seemed like he had a lot of trouble just getting his handle. I haven't noticed that as a problem this year.

I still don't think he's elite. He doesn't rebound out of his area much, and will never rotate over to stop another defender from sneaking in for a rebound. But, I do think he's a bit better by virtue of having softer hands this year.

For an innumerate slob, you're awfully confident. I'm not going to dig up those stats for your benefit, as you've proven to be one of the most willfully ignorant posters in the history of Jazzfanz, but I'm fairly confident they didn't support the contention that Al was "clearly above average" rebounding the basketball the last two seasons.

Jefferson's Def Reb rate is clearly better than any other Jazzman the last two years.

He's definitely an above average individual rebounder. His team rebounding is significantly less impressive. It pretty obviously tells you that he swallows most everything that comes to him, but doesn't box out terribly well, which is basically what you'll find by, you know, watching the game, save for the fact that he grabs most everything that he touches.